Gold Bar vs Monroe North

A side-by-side comparison of Gold Bar and Monroe North: population, income, housing, and more.

Gold Bar and Monroe North are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold Bar has the higher population (2,396 vs 2,069 in Monroe North). Monroe North has the higher median household income ($173,203 vs $95,296 in Gold Bar). Monroe North has the higher median home value ($799,700 vs $430,000 in Gold Bar).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
Population	2,396	2,069
Median age	34.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,296	$173,203
Median home value	$430,000	$799,700
Median gross rent	$1,617	—
Housing units	844	667
Homeownership rate	83.9%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
Population	1,858 → 2,396 (+29.0%)	1,738 → 2,069 (+19.0%)
Median household income	$68,500 → $95,296 (+39.1%)	$106,371 → $173,203 (+62.8%)
Median home value	$223,600 → $430,000 (+92.3%)	$507,700 → $799,700 (+57.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,617 (+57.9%)	—

Gold Bar

Population

1,8582,396

Median household income

$68,500$95,296

Median home value

$223,600$430,000

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,617

Monroe North

Population

1,7382,069

Median household income

$106,371$173,203

Median home value

$507,700$799,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
Under 5	8.1%	12.1%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	18.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	20.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.1%
75 and over	2.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	70.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	1.2%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
Drove alone	76.1%	66.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	1.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	30.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
1-unit, detached	70.7%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gold Bar	Monroe North
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.7%
Average household size	3.00	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	47	34
Median year structure built	1994	1997